Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
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@david_kehm @thordis I still don’t understand why. I know we are numerically a smaller group but not by so much that we should be forgotten.
@PermaSolarPotter @david_kehm @thordis I and the people I know don't accept gen X as an identity. There was a rationale for commenting on the baby boomer generation as a distinct thing, but gen X and later are arbitrary, and regardless using it as an identity instead of discussion of the environment the group experienced is nonsense.
The manufactured history of labeling generations seems to be taking hold now and people are identifying themselves and others with their generation. -
As a millennial I always got the impression that the Boomer generation (and I only speak generally, obviously) was planning on dragging every single thing they can into the grave when they finally go. The economy, the environment, our democracies etc.
Deprivation and salted earth is the punishment for my generation not being right-wing enough or buying into the neoliberal "grand plan".
@contrasocial @ReggieHere @hajni @thordis I wonder if Gen X is ignored because, coming after boomers, thy didn’t get the benefits and don’t get the blame, but being immediately after they had it good enough that they don’t complain about everything getting dragged away by the boomers, but millennials got so much less they could see sooner how bad it was headed for
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@urbanfoxe
Man I felt that for real for real.
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@thordis for those that don't know what the generation cut dates are I found this:
Generation Birth Year
Generation Alpha 2013–2025
Generation Z 1997–2012
Millennials (Gen Y) 1981–1996
Generation X 1965–1980
Baby Boomers 1946–1964
Silent Generation 1928–1945
Greatest Generation 1901–1927However pooling Boomers and Alphas as in the questionnaire doesn't make much sense though.
@marjolica @thordis there's no one definitive definition. I've also seen
1946-1964 - baby boomers
1965-1984 - gen x
1985-2005 - millennialsEtc... as that way each generation is exactly 20 years.
The origin stories podcast had an episode last week called "boomers" which talks about the various ways the generations can be defined.
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
Are you a:
@thordis Not sure about your server but the fediverse as a whole has leaned Gen X the last few years. Perhaps you'll start changing that.
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@thordis Xennial here - on the cusp of millenials and gen X
@szczurtorebkowy Xennial too
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
Are you a:
@thordis too old to be gen z, too young to be millenial
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
Are you a:
Based on the personality descriptions I read in Newsweek* a few decades back, my older siblings are clearly Boomers, while I am a leading edge X'er.
* Or a similar magazine.
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
Are you a:
@thordis none of us are marketing shorthand labels here, no.
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@marjolica @thordis there's no one definitive definition. I've also seen
1946-1964 - baby boomers
1965-1984 - gen x
1985-2005 - millennialsEtc... as that way each generation is exactly 20 years.
The origin stories podcast had an episode last week called "boomers" which talks about the various ways the generations can be defined.
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
Are you a:
I am 68 and in my day and age we did not have these labels to identify you by age so I m NONE OF THIS.
You can group me into some mass group because of my age but I am neurodivergent so the label DOES NOT FIT.
If you want ot know what age we are, I am 68
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@thordis for those that don't know what the generation cut dates are I found this:
Generation Birth Year
Generation Alpha 2013–2025
Generation Z 1997–2012
Millennials (Gen Y) 1981–1996
Generation X 1965–1980
Baby Boomers 1946–1964
Silent Generation 1928–1945
Greatest Generation 1901–1927However pooling Boomers and Alphas as in the questionnaire doesn't make much sense though.
@marjolica @thordis this must be a regional or foreign assessment of things. Even into the early 60s there was rationing and food shortages, everything was in black and white, people were wearing ex-forces demob clothing. Houses were missing and bomb craters were in every street. It certainly wasn’t a time of ‘boom’. It’d be a significant time before any rebuilding could be afforded and the onset of ‘swinging London’ in the late 60s was more a public relations effort than anyone’s actual reality. Maybe in other countries it was, but certainly not in the real world of post-war Britain.
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
Are you a:
@thordis I'm curious to know (if we can know) which generation is the most privacy-concerned and less likely to answer the poll
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@catsalad @thordis @IanAMartin And Gen Y? Is that some abbreviation of Generation Why?
@Datterich @catsalad @thordis @IanAMartin
Generation Y is what they called Millennials before they called them Millennials
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@marjolica @thordis this must be a regional or foreign assessment of things. Even into the early 60s there was rationing and food shortages, everything was in black and white, people were wearing ex-forces demob clothing. Houses were missing and bomb craters were in every street. It certainly wasn’t a time of ‘boom’. It’d be a significant time before any rebuilding could be afforded and the onset of ‘swinging London’ in the late 60s was more a public relations effort than anyone’s actual reality. Maybe in other countries it was, but certainly not in the real world of post-war Britain.
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@contrasocial @ReggieHere @hajni @thordis I wonder if Gen X is ignored because, coming after boomers, thy didn’t get the benefits and don’t get the blame, but being immediately after they had it good enough that they don’t complain about everything getting dragged away by the boomers, but millennials got so much less they could see sooner how bad it was headed for
Could be. Gen X were mostly too young to vote against the new wave of neoliberalism in the 80s, but still hung onto some of the benefits before they were completely stripped away for the Millennials.
Gen X is also much smaller than both the Boomer and Millennial generations so that might be a factor.
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@thordis Xennial here - on the cusp of millenials and gen X
@szczurtorebkowy @thordis also seen us called "the lucky ones" and "the Oregon Trail Generation"
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
Are you a:
I am one of 10%.
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@contrasocial @ReggieHere @hajni @thordis I wonder if Gen X is ignored because, coming after boomers, thy didn’t get the benefits and don’t get the blame, but being immediately after they had it good enough that they don’t complain about everything getting dragged away by the boomers, but millennials got so much less they could see sooner how bad it was headed for
@ShadSterling @contrasocial @ReggieHere @hajni @thordis
Gen X is a pretty small group comparatively. It was the effect of the latter Vietnam era combined with more mothers joining the workforce. We were truly the latchkey generation. There have been studies attributing the crime dip of the early to mid 1990s to Gen X being so much smaller than the other gens during the prime "crime" ages. I still know of some paying off their student debt, too, sadly. We're an odd group, overall! -
Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
Are you a:
@thordis I choose boomer, but I could also be genX Depending on where you put the cutoff.
It's a bit ridiculous calling myself a "boomer" given that I was still in kindergarten when the Beatles broke up and I share none of their growing-up experiences, but marketers love oversimplifying things.
